Some admin and some advance notices this time. 

 

Guild day out at Stanwick Lakes

Saturday 13^th July sees our next PDG100 event. This is at Stanwick Lakes. We have a location near the visitor centre where we will have the Maplestead mini ring available and the Guild training bell set up. These will be available for ringers to try and for the general public to introduce them to bellringing. We’ll also have some ringing themed activities and crafts for the youngsters. Branches have been asked to provide some people to assist, but we’ll be pleased to see you at any time of the day. 

This is one of the busiest days of the year at Stanwick Lakes, so there should be plenty of people to talk to and raise awareness of ringing and what goes on upstairs. 

 

A poster for the next two events is available for you to put up in your tower.  https://pdg.org.uk/Events/2024_JulyAugust_poster.pdf

 

CCCBR News

At the last CCCBR annual meeting, the structure of fees was changed from a rate per representative to a flat fee per member. The flat fee was set at 20p per member. That was, for us, an increase in the amount we paid per year to be affiliated to the CCCBR from £160 to £188 in 2024. 

There is now a consultation from the CCCBR to raise the flat rate per member to 40p in 2025 and progressing to £1 per member in 2023. 

There is a consultation with sessions set up on 30^thJune and 3^rd July and a session for Treasurers in July. 

There are some brief consultation media available here https://cccbr.org.uk/2024/06/21/affiliation-fee-consultations-open-now/ and here https://cccbr.org.uk/ringing-2030/ringing-finance/.Theconsultation is all at quite short notice. You can communicate your thoughts directly to the CCCBR, or to one of the Guild’s four CC reps, cc_reps@pdg.org.uk, or you can let me know what you think.

 

Handbell concert

Nether Heyford church have invited the Welford handbell ringers to present a concert on Thursday 11^th July at 7:30 pm. Tickets are £10 for adults, £5 for under 16s and include a glass of something and nibbles. The concert will feature a range of light and classical music. The audience may also have the opportunity to try ringing off the table after the concert. Tickets can be obtained from Jane Rands, janerands@gmail.com

 

Guild’s centenary Dinner

Tickets are on sale for the Guild’s Centenary dinner. To be held at Ketting Park Spa Hotel on Saturday 12^th October, 6:30 for 7:15pm. Tickets are £45 per person. We have a fine array of speaker lined up, and are delighted that Bishop Debbie has accepted our invitation to speak. To register interest and get details of how to pay, contact centenary@pdg.org.uk.  Formal dress, so a chance to break out that posh togs and long frocks for a change. Who will you not recognise when not in their usual polo shirt & jeans! 

 

PDG100 ringing

At the AGM you’ll have seen the board of firsts that have been achieved across the Guild this year.  It can be seen here https://pdg.org.uk/latest-news/shout-out-for-success. If you think you have a first that’s not here, check it is entered on bellboard and linked to the PDG100 event. That can be done after the event. Alternatively, you still have 6 months to get that first of something. 

So far the range of firsts is from first Sunday Service ringing to first peal of Horton’s 4 spliced. Which just goes to show that no matter where you are in your ringing career, there is always something to achieve. 

 

We also aimed to achieve some ringing in each tower of the diocese. So far 82 different towers have reported a piece of ringing. With 271 towers in the diocese, that still leaves us some way to go. OK, so some are unringable, but that’s still 160 or so towers. Have you rung for the anniversary yet? If you need help to ring something specific, get in tough with your branch or neighbouring towers. 

 

Dates for the Diary

Guild 10-bell Practice  Saturday 29^th June. 10:30, Towcester. 

Guild Day Out Saturday 13^th July all day Stanwick Lakes

 

And Branch events. 

Culworth Branch Practice Saturday 29^th June 7:30Aynho. 

Rutland Branch practice Thursday 4^th July 7:00Great Casterton

Thrapston Branch Practice Friday 5^th July 7:30 Islip

Guilsborough Branch Practice Saturday 6^th July 3:00 Great Oxendon, 6:00 Kelmarsh

Rutland Branch 8 bell Practice Tuesday 16^th July 7:30 Oakham

Thrapston Branch Practice Thursday 18^th July 2:30Thrapston

Wellingborough Surprise Practice, Saturday 20^thJuly,  10:30 Wilby

Wellingborough Branch Practice, Saturday 20^thJuly 2:30 Stanwick

Kettering Branch Practice, Saturday 20^th July, 2:00Wadenhoe, 3:30 Stoke Doyle

Daventry: Branch Practice, Saturday 20^th July 3:00Whilton, 6:30 Great Brington

Culworth Branch Practice Saturday 20^th July, 7:30Charwelton

 

And with that I will sign off and go and bask in what remains of the sun. Maybe this is summer at last… 

 

Thanks

Helen